Christian Älvestam

Christian Älvestam
Birth name	Christian Älvestam
Born	April 14, 1976 (1976-04-14) (age 35) Sweden
Origin	Skövde, Sweden
Genres	Melodic death metal, Death metal , Thrash metal, Power metal, Grindcore
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, drums, bass
Years active	1993-present
Labels	Nuclear Blast
Associated acts	Solution .45, Scar Symmetry Universum (band) (more)

Gunnar Christian Älvestam^[1] (Born April 14, 1976 in Sweden) is a vocalist, lyricist, guitarist, bassist and drummer for several bands from Sweden. He is, however, best known as the former vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry. He currently performs with several bands, including Solution .45 and Miseration, and has made several guest appearances for other bands music. He is most known in the metal community for his extreme clean vocal range and his ability to death growl/scream.

Current bands

Solution .45

Main article: Solution .45

In late 2007 Jani Stefanovic formed Solution .45, with Christian Älvestam (who at this time was still with Scar Symmetry) joining as one of its last members. Jani stresses that despite Christian's presence in the band, it will not be a Scar Symmetry clone and that songs had been ready for some time before his arrival.^[2]

Miseration

Main article: Miseration

Miseration is a Swedish death metal band formed in 2006, and signed to the label Lifeforce.^[3] The band is one out of a collection of collaborations with both Jani Stefanovic and Christian Älvestam, who provides vocals.

Other bands

Bands	Backing vocalist	Bass guitar	Current member	Electric guitar	Former member	Rhythm guitar	Vocals
Angel Blake	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	N
Incapacity	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N
Quest of Aidance	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N
Red Skies Dawning	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Y
Solar Dawn	N	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y
Syconaut	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N
The Few Against Many[4]	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
Torchbearer	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N
Unmoored	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y
Deadlock	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y

Former bands

Scar Symmetry

Main article: Scar Symmetry

Scar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Avesta in Dalarna County, formed in 2004. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast records. Christian sang on the first three albums and although not the lyricist (drummer Henrik Ohlsson instead handled that role), Christian had a major part on writing the vocal melodies on all three albums. He and the band had parted ways due to creative differences and touring conflicts after the release of their third full-length album Holographic Universe, and has since been replaced by Roberth Karlsson and Lars Palmqvist.

Other former bands

• Carnalized

Guest appearances

• Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Out of the Dark - on the track “The Overshadowing”.
• Zonaria - vocals on the track “Attending Annihilation” from Infamy and the Breed.
• Deadlock - clean vocals on the track “Dying Breed” from Manifesto.
• Bloodbath - vocals on the track “Iesous” from The Fathomless Mastery.
• Universum - vocals on Fractured Archetype, Sum of The Universe and 2.0 from the album Mortuus Machina
• The Project Hate MCMXCIX - clean vocals on the tracks “You Come to Me Through Hell” and “The Locust Principles” from The Lustrate Process and "Summoning Majestic War" from Bleeding The New Apocalypse (Cum Victriciis In Manibus Armis).
• Demon Hunter - vocals on the track “Just Breathe” from The World Is a Thorn.
• Henrik B - vocals on the track “Now and Forever”.
• Lowbringer - vocals, guitar, drums, programming on the track "Planting a New Sun"
• Disarmonia Mundi - guest vocals on the track "Ringside Seat to Human Tragedy"

References

1. ^ http://www.ratsit.se/BC/ReportSmall.aspx?ID=k_g8im1HdDx615NbbNFR59HapiCLhlzq2yTsGAy7JMc
2. ^ "Solution .45 Guitarist: We're Not a SCAR SYMMETRY Copy", Blabbermouth.Net, Published Dec. 26, 2008. Accessed on July 20, 2009
3. ^ "Miseration", Encyclopaedia Metallum. Accessed On July 20, 2009
4. ^ "Tartarean Desire - People - Christian Älvestam". http://www.tartareandesire.com/people/Christian_%C4lvestam/61498/. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 

External links

• Christian Älvestam on Myspace
• Christian Älvestam on Facebook

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Name	Alvestam, Christian
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Date of birth	April 14, 1976
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